Tag: Sci-fi

How Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Failed Kylo Ren’s Story

Kylo Ren The Rise of Skywalker

SPOILERS AHEAD! The Rise of Skywalker is a fun movie, but one decision was just poor storytelling.

New Article Publication

Mass Effect 3 FemShep

Happy to announce my (very) academic article “Paragon or Renegade: Teaching Aristotelian Virtue through the Rhetoric of Gaming in the Mass Effect Series” has been published in the first issue of Part of the Discourse. I’m a pop culture academic and love taking a deep dive into fandoms I love.

Doctor Who: A Season of Change

Doctor Who Thirteenth Doctor

Doctor Who’s new season came with a lot of changes, but overall it showcases the Doctor at her best: helping people.

Doctor Who! (Spoiler Free) The Importance of Tone!

The Doctor

Tone is so important to the creation of the world in order to bring your reader or audience into the correct mental space of the story you want to present. Doctor Who is a great example of how tone affects the world.